Malietoa Tanumafili II, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Malietoa in Samoa
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Place of Birth: Samoa
About Malietoa Tanumafili II
- Malietoa Tanumafili II (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007), also called Susuga, was the Malietoa, the title of one of Samoa's four paramount chiefs, and the head of state, or O le Ao o le Malo, a position that he held for life, of Samoa from 1962 to 2007.
- He was co-chief of state in 1962 and became the sole head of state on 15 April 1963.
- At the time of his death, he was the oldest national leader in the world.
- It is a common mistake that the Malietoa title is a title equivalent to a king-ship.
- Malietoa is known as the first warrior title, and is respected not as a King but as a Tamaaiga or Ao Mamalu ole Malo.
- He was the last incumbent president-for-life in the world.
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